This session gets your players to practice making smart tiki-taka moves to play around defenders and to exploit passing opportunities.
By working on their passing accuracy, positive movement and through balls your players will improve their ability to work the angles and skim the ball around the opposition's defenders!
What's in the Session?
Just like a good story, this young player session has a clear beginning, middle and an end:
Beginning - Fun ice breaker warm up game plus pass and move practices
Middle - Two SSG, working on keeping possession and making attacking runs
End - Free play game which rewards positive
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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